A look back at history on this date
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The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
The Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Rome is burned down and the Sibylline books of prophecy destroyed with it.
Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned King and Queen of England.
The reunion of the Catholic and Orthodox Church is proclaimed and celebrated with a public holiday.
A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.
Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake.
Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming-Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
Queen Blanche I of Navarre (died 1441)
Queen Blanche I of Navarre (died 1441)
Born 1387Antonio Manetti
Italian mathematician and architect (died 1497)
Born 1423Johann Stobäus
German lute player and composer (died 1646)
Born 1580Jacopo Melani
Italian violinist and composer (died 1676)
Born 1623Nicola Francesco Haym
Italian cellist and composer (died 1729)
Born 1678Antoine de Jussieu
French biologist and academic (died 1758)
Born 1686Mary
Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (died 1785)
Born 1701Daniel Morgan
American general and politician (died 1802)
Born 1736Cleombrotus I
Spartan king
371 BCGoar of Aquitaine
French bishop
649Wang Chongrong
Chinese warlord
887William I
duke of Aquitaine (born 875)
918Genshin
Japanese scholar (born 942)
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